I also never realized the rigorous amount of time and effort it took to create appropriate sound effects for a film. After class, I watched Fracture that night--just out of curiosity I muted the movie for about 10 minutes and tried to imagine upbeat music playing. Needless to say, I think the original music and sound effects in this film was perfect and perfectly conveyed the mood the audience was meant to feel. I am certainly more aware and more appreciative of sounds effects in film.
Overall, I felt extremely overwhelmed as I watched all of the clips about film-making. It is baffling to me that a 2-hour long movie could be prepped for production for months and then take another few months to actually shoot. I always knew that films took a while to produce but I did not realize the amount of time and effort that everyone involved spent---it looked like they were up all hours editing and meeting about editing for months! I am very excited about the film project in class, but at the same time terrified!
This is so true, I don't think I can ever watch a movie again and not wonder how the sound editor or the editor also made that scene to its final product. I really thought that was interesting also, how the editor has so much control to the extent that a bad actor can actually look good. The work seems very tedious, but I think its all worth it in the end!
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way! After finishing a good movie I would always think that much higher of the main actors involved. Now when I watch events like the Golden Globes or Academy Awards, it seems like the editors and producers should receive an award just as much as the performers. I love your Blog-background by the way!
ReplyDeleteThere have been films that took years to make ... where the actors and crew were recalled months or years later to shoot more scenes, for example when the filmmakers were having trouble raising money!
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